Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 14, 1925 Page: 2 of 9
nine pages : ill. ; page 26 x 20 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
-- '
w
PACE TWO
W*- -*»V«
T V
l-VPTTT' ■
• “ ” • V.; .
i H. V. V *
i*<' * 'V-
- • . v:. -•
*4 ■
TA--. r T V,
BROWNWOOO BULLETIN. NOVEMBER 14, 1928
t?.
^y*v
&
V
v/V
“/**r.
»
jkm+
sffpps
* : 'IS'* £-
L, :.nr
- . At). ,'V fijp«*q^d|k. Ahr* I •
Our Novembe
_5-? V
t»
If!
•\
ry
1.
r
r
*'
V» A
V 'J.
»'
Including our Entire Stock of Beautiful Dresses and Luxurious Coats, Millinery and
, ,. . Children’s Hats, Coats and Dresses .
*' .§ «»Pb fc>*» 0
I
J
ft
Bfe ,->
REPRESENTING A SAVINGS OF 10 TO 33 1*3%Wat enthusiastically received and taken advantage
i of this morning by a good many of our patrons. Many more will take advantage of the savings offered this
If i & Sw» . , i* * | ■ s , *# ^ ^ # *A t u' „t .* .v j. • x . i,» i ^ # . Fgt. |'t }
afternoon. If you are unable to take advantage of this sale today be on hand Monday and you will still
find values and assortments coupled with savings that will be well worth your time and trouble.
Only Four Feet Wide, Holds Three Families
-------‘- *
- i
HARDWARE
WEAKLE Y-WATSO N-MILLER
m
f
Phone 42
1
We Delivet
L«1
•f
HURT ENROUTE
T 0 HOSPITAL
f
LUXURIOUS FUR TRIMMED
COATS
$12.75to
MILLINERY
Upwards from $238
• *« ? .• * s*
BEAUTIFUL SILK AND WOOL
DRESSES
$635 to' $55M
CHILDREN’S COATS
$3.55to .
% • /
* ’ At.
0
For Quality Merchandise at Dependable Prices**
American Legion and Auxiliary
Membership Campaign in 17th
District Gaining in Strength
GOV£R>OR> ADXISIRTBASiaX
IrrrsFtt op it
LAW VIOLATIONS.
jicKSONVILLB. Tom, Not. 14.
—Of)—The present admin i.trattort.
Sabbath breaking. lynching and
"tcupdal-parading daily newspa-
per? were leered by the Texas
Methodist Episcopal
South, here today,
governor was accused of
ng" at breaches of the pro-
n law, though the name of
Mrs* Miriam A. Ferguson was
strisken from the report in which
the Mminlstration was denounced,
and as adopted It costained only
the following phrase:
The board holds it a shame that
pubfc officials are winking at wlde-
spreftd breaking of prohibition laws
and Ahholds good for all officials
frorw constable ap to the seat of
autMbrity la the governor’s chair."
Tfk report denounced «»ob vio-
lence and lynching and praised the
lission on Inter-Racial Co-pp-
Mrs. Jessie Daniel
Georgetown, for Its work
social justice for ne-
lenog and tyncr
Comgpission on
. ratten led hy
Aru« of Georg
in 0ining soc
Tie Board of Christlaa Lltera-
tarenolered a report denoancing
» aSdal-paradinn daily newapa-
persT slangy and aalscions periodi-
cals* last-producing pictures in
ines and on the movie
mfigfeir
Mrrejp."
Tfl report declared that it “ap-
peal# trifling for chnrebmen to
sqaaftble about doctrines that a
congregation knows Httle sbont
wheff the menace of Immorality Is
at t trn vary threshold.”- * <
TasT tn not be diverted by the
dev 1W front the real issne that be-
aets.flb to the consideration of qses-
tkmOhst In due coarse will settle
a I___- - ■ »
lmesswru
. ing ft as
-"icp to |
to ddielop
Ives," declares tfte
was signed by the Rev.
J. Evans of Honston and the
. E. Hassler of Port Nechos
, Mns Ames told of the alma of the
ial f’ommission, desevtb-
an organisation which
give negroes opportunity
within their own sphere
the South. It was founded a
ago and is now operating
d southern States. She
out that the fact that there
lynching in Texas
His fear and declared there was
SS.* Wr ■*
RdUJSState Transfers
_ B. Snapp et ux to E E.
parts at loU Noe. I and •
1 of the Clark addition to
of Brown wood. October
W. J. Bale, Jr, of Stamford
Abilene, chairmen, respectively, *f the
Auxiliary of the 17th Texas district.
and Mias Mildred Powell, of
American Legion and Legion
According to reports the cam- Committee asking its adoption,
paign tor membership to toe Amer- Resolved that the 17th District
JO on record a.
making very good progress. The *ug the changing of the High
slogan of the auxiliary to: “Every School curriculum of the State, to
Wtosnnlre Get Hto Family la the inclodp Vocational Trade Train
th”£e 7ho areTell|rt».toatr bTc^e ‘‘iT lo# •£»» «»*• High
members, and >f> this respect every afhoo‘ C[»da*‘? *?' •*t*r lb* r**,
mother who bad a aon or other, *°U8 Ihe comm*rcln
relative In the World war. to :«kcd wor,d’ heMeve these changes
to inquire at the nearest auxiliary: Mcesaary Us better to care tor aad
unit «d find out whether she tof^P «** majority of the High
eUglbto tobecome a member of Ue',^001 Cuduateswha though be
auxiliary. If she to ellgfbl,, she,1** »P«-Wlfr oqufjmsd under the
should at once join the nearest us-
It and thus become Identified with j Ir« to **kf aOrunUoe ot ttodr
the great work It to doing. I training and turn aside tn enter
The next meeting of the Amerl-| fL111* .e?Jn*T:rc^1
can Legion add the Auxiliary of the
tot ration booths be orfietolly open-
ed at C:gn p. m. on the night pre-
ceedlng the Convention date and
that askable entertainment be
sponsored by the entertaining Post
for the visiting delegates and their
guests.
Be U resolved that the District
Adjutant write a letter to our Past
State Adjutant, G. L. Folbre, Dal-
las. Texas, commending him on his
untiring efforts for advancement of
the Legion to Teaas aad a similar
letter be sent to E. R. Maxwell aad
Ben J. Dean of Brsckearidge. Tex-
as. for their services to the 17th
District Association. . j >
Be It resolved that the 17th Dis-
trict Association assembled, ex-
press our appreciation and thanks
to the First Methodist Church and
its pastor. Rev. C. Q. Smith, to
Mayor F. S. Abney, (sham A. Smith
Post No. 1M. to ladies of the Aax-
diary, to Graham Hotel aad others
who assisted In the ont-rtaiement
of this Convention. ;
We. the members of tbs Reeotu-
tlon Committee, move ths adoption
of the above report.
M. C. MEINS.
Chairman Re sol at Inn Committee.
17 th District.
Ke-elatlen CsmoUttee
M. C. Atkins. Chairman, of Pst
Williams No. 8. Ballinger.
W. O. Cat on. of Vernon D. Hart
No. 1M. Stamford, Texas
Chas. R. Wilson. Ray Post. No.
SIS. Coleman. \
W. C. Hickey. Carl lames Post.
Nu. M. Ranger. x
R. P. Woodruff. Isham A. Smi>l
Poet. No. 1M. Brosnawood.
FRANCE WANTS
17th district will be held at East
land the third Sunday in January,
and Chairman Buie, of the Legion,
and Miss Mildred Powell, of the
Auxiliary, are sending out urgent
requests tor -all Legionnaire* and
members of the Auxiliary in this
district to begin to make prepara-
tions to attend the Eastland moel-
ing.
Strong Revolution*.
world, thereby losing full odvant
age of their four years educational
training.
Be it further resolved this reso-
lution When formally mtoptad be
given full publicity.
Be It resolved that the District
Commander by bulletin or letter
pledge our support to the, county
school superintendent aad county
judge aad superintendent of Inde-
pendent School Districts ofr'tb
tThe following resolutions were Wdllct lo thn ob-jcrvanco of
ado^ed*°st°the*r<«ent"meetlu^*of J*
»i>> i^im and Auxiliary nt *b» tional week and to the proper dfs-
, dor th^gnm of t3.1W-
* ——♦
eltl at 7t7 Cegfin Awr-Mts. \m
the Legion and Auxiliary of Ibe
17th district, at Brown wood:
*•
We. the members of the Resolu-
tions Committee, hereby submit the
following resbtntfons and ask their
adoption at the eleventh 17th Dis-
trict Convention of the Amerteaa
Legion assembled.
Resolved that the District Com-
mander be Instructed to appoint a
committee of three n
suitable constitution and by-laws
■opef ■
playing of the Amerteaa Gag and
flag etiquette.
i 7 Be It resolved that the 17th Dis-
trict Association favor a registra-
tion fee of tl.M to be collected un-
der the direction of entertaining
Post at each District Convention.
Twenty-five cents to go to the
District Adjutant for defraying the
expenaes of bulletin and mall mat-
ter aad other incidental expenses
necessary to the discharge of Ms
to draft i.duties as distributed by the District
DAEfttmER TO BE RETAINED
AN AVBASNABOR FOR A
TlMt, AT LEANT.
PAR1H. Nov. 14—<M— Premier
pafnlcve and Foreign Minister Drl-
;: :;fi are anxious to reopen the debt
conrersation with Washington bat
thgy are greatly in doabt aa to bow
this could tactfully aad effectively
be done. The question Is being ex-
amin-«1 with utmost cars by tbc
I responsible officials of the finance
ministry and the foreign officers.
I The Intention was to send Bens-
, tod Bsrenger to . Washington In
I place ot Aniba.-satior Dseachne;
This plan has not been wholly giv-
en up bat instead of re placing Dae-
achner the idea Is that Benator
Berenger might be seat as a special
ambassador. It Is understood how
ever that he does not agtee with
thJa; hla wlah to to bs ambassador.
M. Daeachner, It to now said at
thd foreign office, will not be re-
called. or If no, not at an early
date. ,
M. Daeachner. who is la France,
to preparing to return to Washing
ton almost tmmsdlately.
h District
be presented 'At the next
meeting of 'tho nssocla-
Be Tt resolved that the llth Dis-
trict Association endorse and re-
commend the adoption of the reeo-
tnttoa as nnti by ths Carl
Poffi No. tt, JRanger, Texas,
tows govern tog boxing
r lrgalixin(
Chairman.
Bs It further resolve* that a fl-
naactoi report he mads by the ad-
jutant at the last regular meeting
of the District Association proceed-
ing the State Convention.
Be tt resolved that all active
Posts tn the District Association bs
ths enrollment of
tiie member of nearby inactive
Posts, in order that our prevent
mambornhip might be maintained or
Increased and be tt further resolved
17th District make every effort to
KOfKXMNTER WINN.
PIMLICO RACB TRACK. Belli
morJTjw. 14.—<**)•—ffiockmlnls-
ter today won the Pimlico cu-,
handicap for three year olds and
upward, two and oue-quartsr miles
110,000 added Harrovanlan was
second and Princess Doreen third.
The Urns was l:M.*On ths winner
n f! parl-mutual ticket paid $S.so
straight. |tJ0 to place and *3Jd to
■ iS1'
4i
m
£M
r i
By
WAN PRBPARINtl TO TWIT HFN-
BARD ■RCENTLT HI’RT l!f
NTREET CAR CRANH
DALI*AB, Nov. 14.—(JP>—0tritek
by an automobile while snrouts
to a hospital hers to visit her hus-
band. L. T. Cocanaugber. motornfan
of Corsicana who was Injured
Thursday when his lnterurbsn
struck n street ear here, Mrs. Coca-
naugber was seriously hurt today.
She sustained Internal lajurtos and
cuts and brutoes about the body.
The driver of the taxicab which
struck Mrs. Cocanaugber assisted
In taking her to the hospital. Phy
slctans pronounced her condition
critical.
Coceaaugher received internal
Injuries, a broken shoulder and
arm and other injuries in the in-
terurban crash. C. C Gates wan
killed aid eight other pen
jured. *1* _
Cutting Christmas
Trees Does Little
Injury to Forests
WASHINGTON, Nov.
Joy the Christmas tree hi
children for outweighs any d|
that the cutting of theadl
trees doss to ths forests, tiM
States Forest Service declared
day In endorsing the tinsel bearer
of the Yuletlde.
As s matter of fact, the Mr vies
Isolated out, the aaanhl harvest of
Christmas tress is exceeds
times, by those used to the
focture of toothpicks.*
P! BLINKER NCCCEEM LARD
BI8MARK. N. D, Nov. 14.—<jP>—
Gerald P. Nyu. 88 years old, pub-
lisher of the Griggs eouaty Osutlasi
-Courier, at Cooper Mown. N. D, to-
day was appointed by Governor A.
G. Sorlie to flu the vacancy ti
United States senate caused R
death of the tote E. F. Ladd.
*3,
CEATTLK. Wash , claims to have the couatry’s aniallcst apartment
house. It to 38 feet long, 14 fM wide at one end and cmly four
feet wide at the other, ao that a man can span K with hla arms, as
shown above. Three families live la tt. / . .
BURKETT WITH INQUIDY TAKES
CONTRACT PLOT
EANTLA3D ( Jim ROAD IN-
TRACTS INVOLVED IN NEW
LITIGATION.
AUSTIN. Nov. ,14.—(AT—Chare
lag confiBrance tn effort with Joe
Burkett, state highway commis-
sioner. Attorney General Dan
Mqody today filed suit against the
Hoffman Construction Company of
Eastland to cancel contracts with
the Highway Department. The pc
tit Ion was filed In the 5Jrd District
Court of Travis couuty and claims
imo.eoe damages.
Th.* petition names beside* the
construction company. C.IL Startup
Of Ban Antonio, G. A. Davtseon. FI
G. Hoffman ar.d M. J. Kelly of East-
laud as defendant*. It allege* that
Joe Burk* tt 'had long been and Ir
now frivndl) th aad under peraonai
obligations to the individual de-
fendants herein surd or some ot
them, and that the said defend-
ants wore active In promoting lh<
appointment uf the said Jos Bur-
kett to Ike office of highwsy com
mtostoncr. tt being their then de-
sign and Intention to acquire, thrv
:u^ld Joe Burkett, profitable cog
trfcct tor highway construct ton.
maintcaancc aad repair witbiq this
state.”
The petition states that the High-
way Commission April 7. 192S. at-
tempted to ratify ccrtatn , agree-
ments made with Frank V. Lan-
ham. Highway Commission chalr-e
man. "theretofore made or attempt-
ed to make” with E. S. Hey err and
Whlteaker Broadway of Dallas, for
tbc American Roati Company: that
learning of the attempted contracts.
C. IL Starnes approached Joe Bur-
kett and Informed him that lihi
contracts wrsld be profitable to the
Hoffman Construction Company. It
alleges that Burkett obtained I,an-
ham’a consent and the commission
entered Into “diver* contracts*’ with
the Hoffman concrrn.
It to alleged that the Highway
Commission made- seventeen con-
tracts with th* Hoffman Company
for surfacing approximately 6(W
miles of state highways, all of
which to said to be In Commission-
er Burkett’s territory. The work
was to be done In Reeves. Huds-
peth. Midland. Brewster. Terrell.
Scurry, Coleman. Eastland. Ward,
Howard and Potter counties.
WILL EXAMINE MATTER FRE-
TTED IN MRS. LAYS-
1M»WNE*N TESTIMONY.
_ i-
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—<A\—
Before the next session of t^*
Mitchell Mpirt martiai Is held, the
Shenandoah navy court of laqniry
will probe lu Itself the incideoU
to which Mrs. Margaret Ross Laas-
diiwne. testified before the Mitchell
; court as cnnvtltntlng an attempt U
infiuence her testimony lu th*
Shenandoah inquiry.
Denied an opportunity at thla
time to reply before th* Mltchsl
court to Mrs. Lansdowne’s charge
that he had soaght to Influence her
(••ftimony In the statement she was
to make (before the naval court
Captoln Past Foley bar ashed Sec-
retary Wilbur to relieve him as
judge advocate ot that court so he
caa make hto reply at ones aa i
witness before that body.
Secretory Wilbur has taken the
request under advt*< n. nt
Ths Shenandoah court, with sev
eral other sritoeasca au<nmuned for
IU Inquiry into the matter, will
meet Monday. The Milcbeil court
recessed yesterday until Tuesday
after refusiug to strike out Mr*.
Lansduwnc * t< stlniouy. ms sougl)’
by the prosecution, and declining to
hear Captain Foley. The latter
asked that he be permitted to teat!
fy. now as a matter of
privilege and fair play" but the de
fenae objected on the ground that
buttal testimony should not be
la asking to or relieved as judge
advocate of the navll court. Cap-
tain Foley said Mrs. Laosdowne’s
testimony that hs bad preparer’
and sent to her a statement she
was to read to that body aad which
falacly represented her attitude on
the Khennadouh matter, had mad:
him an interested party in that in-
quiry. As a consequence he felt
that he sou id not continue as the
court officer charged with aiicitlnt
all the facts la tbc Shenandoah in
uuiry.
NURSERY RESTRICTIONS
PAPER SHELL PECARS
15c to 40c per !b.
Fresh pecan meats, 90c per 1b.
Send your friends a few pounds of these
choice fine flavored Brown County
pecans.
The crop Is short this year, but the size
and flavor is the best in years.
TONE FOR FOOD”
—-
Case of Jewelry
Left on Counter
hy Pie Customer
WACO, Nov. 14.—(A*).—'"Uv* been
robbed.” explained sn excited jew-
elry salfsmsn at a local hotel, to n
ball hoy who had born summoned
to the salesman's room. He told the
boy hs had |ir,.o(w worth of dia-
monds in a leather case that was
missing. Tbs bod asked tbs sales-
man to retrace htjn steps with him
sines entering thf hotel. Entering
the grill room, toe case with %l?
th* jewels Intact waa found on the
counter where the owner had ab-
sent mindedLy left tt.
HOSPITAL NOTES
AUSTIN. Nov. 14 —UP)—A spec-
ial license and bond for 8&.044 are
requirad-of any Individual, firm, or
corporation shipping citrus nursery
stock. Into Texas. These restric-
tion* are Included In regulations
drawn following n conference be-
tween George Terrell, argicultaral
commissioner and the county judges
of Cameron and Hidalgo oouatte*.
* *- "fhjK—
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 27, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 14, 1925, newspaper, November 14, 1925; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1140328/m1/2/?q=%22Brownwood+%28Tex.%29+--+Newspapers.%22: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.